The Science Behind Why People Hate the Word ‘Moist’
You may think you detest the word ‘moist’ because of the way it sounds, but research indicates that that’s not the full story.
2023-06-27 00:50
Submarine vs. Submersible: What’s the Difference?
There’s a reason nobody’s referring to the missing ‘Titanic’ submersible as a submarine.
2023-06-22 02:49
Why It Can be Hard to Get Pronouns Right, According to Linguistics
A pronoun slip can be embarrassing, especially if you pride yourself on being generally good at using the language people have asked you to use. Why do pronoun slips happen, and why do we seem to mess up pronouns more than names or other gendered words?
2023-06-21 01:18
BTS: Fans celebrate 10 years of 'unstoppable' K-pop group
The world's biggest boyband have been feeling the love with millions celebrating their 10th birthday.
2023-06-18 16:58
Where Does the Phrase ‘Hat Trick’ Come From?
The term 'hat trick' is most associated with hockey, but that's not the sport that started it all.
2023-06-15 00:48
Your Ducking iPhone Will Soon Stop Autocorrecting the F-Word to ‘Duck’
A new iPhone update will spell the end for everyone’s least favorite autocorrect fail.
2023-06-07 21:57
50 Collective Nouns for Groups of Animals
What's the right way to describe a group of worms? A "bunch" may sound like a lazy descriptor, but it's correct.
2023-06-07 03:50
This Word Search Features 12 Terms Coined by Authors—How Fast Can You Spot Them?
Do you know which author invented ‘factoid’—or what it really means? But more importantly, can you find it in this word search?
2023-06-06 21:17
5 Linguistic Illusions That Will Make You Go “Wait, What?”
Linguistic illusions—a phenomenon in which your judgment or understanding of a sentence or phrase conflicts with its actual meaning or structure—reveal how we process the world, and remind us that things aren’t always as they seem.
2023-06-05 20:28
The #@!*~ Most Swear-Filled TV Show Finales of All Time
The Roy family of 'Succession' is pretty foul-mouthed, but are they the filthiest TV characters?
2023-06-03 06:19
Scholars Have Released the First Words Chosen for The Oxford Dictionary of African American English
The years-in-the-making Oxford Dictionary of African American English will offer proper attribution to words and phrases that originated in Black culture.
2023-06-02 02:29
Where Did the Phrase 'Red Herring' Come From?
The figurative phrase is more than 200 years old, but the obscure etymology of a 'red herring' is a fishy story that is itself a red herring.
2023-06-01 04:16